February 19, 1848

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Features

Hudson River Railroad

Progress

Mobile and Ohio Rail Road

My Own Dear Native Land

Improvement in the Manufacture of Cast Steel

New York and Erle Railroad

A Salutary Thought

Tripoli

Ewbank's Hydraulic's

Philadelphia and Charleston Steamship Line

Iron Works Stopped

Fashion vs Feeling

Medals for Soldiers

Mining

The Current of Manufacturing Skill

Alabama Gold

Important Discovery

New Rotary Engine

Strange Meteor

Telegraphic Extension

Ohio and Indiana Canals

Death of Cole

That Railroad in Mexico

Embarrassments of the Iron Trade

Ancient Paintings

Illustrious Mechanics

Expansive Action of Steam

A Marvellous Gourmand

The Cast Iron Plow

A Young Artist

Idols Made in England

Geology

The Fate of Genius

The Maid of Orleans

An Electric Gun

Electric Light

Pianos

Lath Machine

List of Patents

Machine for Cutting Soles

Machine for Turning Irregular Surfaces

Self-Adjusting Car-Shackle

New Cannon

New Hemp Brake

Ship Carpenter's Augur

Spinning Machine

New Rope Machine

An Auxiliary Anchor

Carriage Bodies

Nice Balancing

Congressmen and the Patent Laws

Manufacture of India Rubber Goods

Indirect Action of Wind

Scientific American--Bound Volumes

The Cast Iron Plough

A Floating Population

American Hemp

Steam Boiler Guage

Copper Mines of Missouri

Ventilation of the Capitol at Albany

Wealth of England

Reaction Water Wheels

Exposure to the Sun

Extraordinary Phenomena

Respect Does Not Follow Extravagance

Fast Color

Great Times

Health of Factories

Beware of Gold Forgeries

Patent Agency

Ranlett's Architect

Concrete Shoal Blown up

To Destroy Cockroaches

The Scientific American

Improvement in Aquatinta Engraving

The Missouri Wooden Dog

New Coat

Weights and Measures

Preservation of Books and Manuscripts

Universal Wind Engine

Enamels

Transverse from Circular Motion

Departments

From the Editor

To Correspondents

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